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Cartridge-Box Patented Jan. 18, 1859,

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Cartridge-Box Patented Jan. 18, 1859 deg dig a JW Wimasses:

t) NY ill) tsTATlilS PATENJQ tllillilttj l1 METHOD OF PACKINGCARTRIDGES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 22,675, dated January 18, 1859.

To all whon'i it may concern:

lie it known that l 1* ii. .loo'r, of Hart- Ford, county of llarttord.in the State at (Toiuwcticut. have invented a new and useful llll ethodot l aeltino Cartridges: and I do hereliy declare that the Following isa toll and eJ-Jaet derajrriptiou tliei'eo'l'. i'el'brt lietr being hadto the :u-eoinpanying; drawings and to the letters (it referenceniarlted thereon.

My invention has tor its ohjert the putting up of cartridges in such a.manner that they shall not he liable to injury hy trans portation; whileat the HUMP time the packiu e' may he more reai'lily removed with lessdanger of breaking the cartridge than exists with the usual method ofparking, and nine nerve as a convenient holder or hox or carrying theremaining); cartridges. when only a. portion of a package in need at onetime. And my invention ((Fllt-llhlh in litltn'llljl the cartridgeshetween hlor 1. of wood or their equivalents; formed with eaviti-c-s. toreceive. and retain the eartrilg'eii enhsstaie tially as hereinatterdenerihed.

In the accoinpanying drawingga Forming part of this speeilimlioo, ligure l represents a side and end view oi one of my improved cartridgepaeliinge. and holders. Fig. 2, a top view. of lower portion. or blockof: the $211110, with cartridges in. Fig. 3, a vertical longitudinalSQCtiOH through the center of the same. Fig. l. a vertical lateralsection, through the center, of the same. and Fig. 12, a perspectiveview of same. Fig. 5 represents a side and end View of another package,of dillerent size and proportion. Fig. (l, a. side view of same withupper portion. or block, removed, and also a vertical cross section online an m, Fig. Fig. '7, a. vertical longitudinal and cross sectionthrough. the. center of the upper block, or portion, of same, and l ig.13, a. perspective view of same. Fig. 8 represents a side elevation ofanother package of a cylindrical torn] and adapted to contain inaddition to the cartridgee an equal number of cape. Fig. 9. a. top viewof: lower portion of the same with eontente. Fig. 10. a hot: ton] viewof the upper portion, or block, of the same. Fig. 11, a verticalsection, through the name, at 3 3 Fig. tl and. Fig. M, a perspectiveView. oi the same.

Similar letters denote the same parts in the different. views.

t r prer ente the lower liloelt'. or portion. ol the hon, in which, isl'oriued a neries ol' eavitie (f. (nee Fina. I} and ll. module thecharge or paper portion Q the cartridge. and a portion of the hall o.

ii. is. the upper lllork. or portion, of the hon. in \vhivh is Forum! aeerie. ol' rarities Z). (see Fig. T.) to receive a portion of the hall.not aeroinniollatril. or lllt'tlHill lay the lower liloi'li A.

i represents the halla ol' the eartridgee, e, the perruenion raps ttttFine. 5 and ill and. and. in". the entitle. in lower liloelt It. andupper hloelt ll. for receiving: the said wipe.

it will tie ohwrved that the 'aritim (J. E'mno-d in the lower hlorlt it.Io not ext nd entirely thr ugh said lilowli. l nt are closed up at theirlower end. hy a i'einaiinler oi Flori; sullieient to ineuro strength tothe hox and also that said cavities. or horen.ha\'e their months orupper edges slightly llareil. or funneled. as reprewnted at (see Figs.:5 and t).

it has heen teuud practically hetter in constructing: the hoxee. orpackages of wood. to here the t't\.lll( 17 only partly through thehloel; it. as before mentioned. They however may he hored entirelythrough the l)lt)(l( A. and eloeed up at their hottoninvith a thinstrip, or hottoni piece A" (as seen at Figs. (3, F. and 13}, having itsgrain run at right angle? to the grain ot the piece A. though 1. do notconsider the last named method as desi 'ahle as the first.

It ie obvious that the eonstruetion oil the box may he changed fromeither of these methods without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

it is advisahle to flare the mouths of the cavities I or their uppercdgea (as. already described) in order that the lower portion of thehall or cartridge, or both, may more freely he placed in or extraetedfrom Said avity. It will be seen that the cavities or bores (Z are of auniform diameter, from where the flaring at the upper edge. ceases downto the hottoin except at Fig. 11. The straight hored cavities are suchas would he most desirable with the ordinary straight eartridge; butwhen the 'artridges are ta perin i the bores should he madeeorrespondingly, an seen at Fig. 11, in order that the cartridge maycome into contact with the sides of the. horn d and. be perfectly held.

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